Do rebound relationships ever work?

Rebound relationships can work, as a rebound. However i don't think that they work as long term relationships, just because the feelings for the person in the previous relationship don't have time to dissipate properly. This being said, Rebound relationships can be a good way to get over someone in the moment, as a short term answer to the bigger problem at hand. They can help you see what wasn't right in your previous relationship, so you are able to do better in the future, and so you know what works best for you, and what is or isn't good for you.

I’m sure they may be times where rebounds really actually turn out to be the relationship you’re looking for, it’s not impossible but it is extremely risky. Normally, rebounds are a way to cover that hole in your heart where someone else’s to be. It’s like you’re putting a band-aid over it. It’ll stay for a while and may even look like it working but it will lose its stick. It may even be a matter if you’re trying to get this new rebound relationship to fit in the shape of your previous one but sometimes it just won’t fit, no matter how hard you push it and it will end up cracking and breaking. I would say approach with caution.

Very rarely, in my experience. No matter the reason for the break up, we often need time to process what happened and how we want to proceed next. Immediately jumping into another relationship effects our ability to do that. Without time to process what went wrong in the last relationship, we are at risk of repeating those mistakes. Sometimes loneliness leads us to get into another relationship without giving ourselves time to move on. This is not healthy for us or our new partner. Without time to distance ourselves from the past, we run the risk of bringing our old baggage into our new relationship, increasing the odds of something going wrong. Think of it this way, let's say you lived in a very smelly house. This house smells so bad, eventually you decide to move. If all of your blankets smelled like your old house, would you bring them with you to the new one? No! So why would you carry your baggage to a new relationship?

There is a 50/50 chance. I personally say it depends on the man or women if it works or not. Sometimes its just a one time thing and that is it. But someone who is a rebound may become special to you. If they become special to you, I would not call he or she a rebound. You have to make the decision if the rebound will work or not. Sometimes the partner decides he or she is not ready, but you are. There are so many possibilities. If you want it to be only a one time thing then it really will not work but if you want something more it will work most likely.

For me, I think it may work temporarily like just for a couple of weeks or a month or two. Rebound relationships are grounded on pain from the past relationships, instead of being in a relationship because you both like each other and want to make it more exclusive. Since you both have exclusive feelings for each other, you'll really want to make the relationship work. While in a rebound relationship, you'll probably just want to see where is the relationship going because you'd enter the relationship with your mind and heart still hang over with your recent ex or past relationship. I mean that's why it's called rebound, because it's just making up for the feelings you still have from the past relationship.

as someone who often goes to rebound relationships as a way to cope with a breakup i would say they don't help they only cause a lot of pain. it is painful for you because you are putting yourself in a position in which you need to break up with someone which is always stressful and you are hurting the person you are with by being with them and allowing them to get attached to you even though you are going to dump them in the end. i have tried to use rebound relationships before and they don't ever work out in my favor.

This is quite a complex question and obviously depends on individual situations. However, a rebound is 'Getting into a relationship with/hooking up with someone you generally don't care about much simply because you have recently broken up with someone'. This is also means that are not over the person you were dating and your heart is still there which means you can't fall for this new person 100%. This is one reason why they may not work. Sometimes rebound relationship can help you get over your ex and fall for the person you are now in a relationship with - it would work in this case

Yes! I married my rebound and we are still in love 8 years later. I had to keep the relationships separate in my mind. I was enjoying my new one, but I still had to work through and mourn the loss of the old one. My now husband sat with me while I worked through those emotions, which is partly why I fell for him. It is like any relationship: sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes it takes a really bad breakup to help you realize what you actually want/need in a partner. And that partner may live right up the street.

Honestly about 90 percent of rebound relationships end, most of them only lasting around or under the two month mark. In some scenarios, the rebound relationship may work, and given certain circumstances some rebound relationships go really well. However, If the previous relationship you had was short-term then it's more then likely you can't handle a new relationship immediately after. Relationship experts' advice is mixed about rebound relationships. Some dismiss their seriousness or potential viability, while others suggest that they are a required step towards a more legitimate relationship, and a great distraction and strategy for dealing with getting over an ex. Since “expert advice” is not clear, maybe science has an answer........

As word rebound can mean many things, there is not a single answer on this question. It can mean that you want to prevent going to the relationship. It can work if you are genuine about preventing it. It can mean revenge. Revenge doesn't work at all. Revenge is a primitive and instinct which isn't appropriate in orderly human society. It can cause more harm than benefit. It can also mean that you wish to strengthen relationship. It can work if you do it correctly and appropriately. Therefore answers depends on which meaning of word rebound you have in your thoughts.